Comments | filkerdave: Looking for my travel userpic

filkerdave

Looking for my travel userpic

Dec 08, 2007 15:23

I've said for a while now that I think I need a "travel" userpic. Right now, I'm considering these two as ones I could use.

What do yu think?

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Comments 12

mscongeniality December 8 2007, 21:23:20 UTC

I still have images I downloaded to make you a travel icon. I'm heading to my parents for latkes and fire, but I'll try to poke at it tomorrow.

redaxe December 8 2007, 21:24:48 UTC

I prefer the second picture, but (assuming you have a larger original) I'd zoom and crop it more closely so the picture was about 20-30% larger than it is. (Mostly, I'd trim the tabletop from the left and top segments of the pic and maybe lighten it by 5-10%.) That would make it easier to read "Passport" and see the eagle below, plus identify the currency for what it is.

filkerdave December 9 2007, 13:06:44 UTC

Well, yes -- I just shot 'em with my camera and then uploaded straight. Possibly I could play around with them, but I lack tools and ability.

(And there's 4 currencies there; USD, CAD, EUR and GBP)

redaxe December 9 2007, 17:14:34 UTC

I can show you what I mean, if you'd like to send or point me at the original. It'd be about fifteen minutes or so, no big deal.

peteralway December 8 2007, 23:15:32 UTC

Both images project the message "wad of stuff" and I would only figure travel when I squinted and saw the word "passport." If you are going to use those props, I suggest zooming way in, so that the bottom 2/3 of the image is the passport, with the word "passport" and the seal easily visible, and with bits of money across the top third. Better done on a scanner than a digital camera.

Heck, just the top half of the passport alone would be better, I think.

But that's just me.

stevemb December 9 2007, 00:43:37 UTC

There isn't really an option for my vote ("Meh. They're both OK, I guess, but kinda pedestrian").

tibicina December 9 2007, 10:16:24 UTC

Yeah, that was pretty much my feeling. They're not /awful/, but... neither really excites me... not particularly screams 'travel' to me.

filkerdave December 9 2007, 13:08:17 UTC

Heh. Once you do it enough, travel IS pretty pedestrian. "Right, where am I off to?" Wallet and passport are the first things I grab.

snobahr December 9 2007, 02:29:00 UTC

Both images say to me, "Somebody has my stuff!" Although, if I had to choose between the two, I guess I'd go with 1. "Passport" is much more legible.